Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj -er] time than " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bird kept in captivity is fed all year round , so obviously it has an easier time than one in the wild which has to feed itself whatever the season , but it still has the hunting instinct . |
| 2 | The tourists anticipate a harder time than recent evidence in Welsh and Irish rugby might have suggested to them . |
| 3 | The professor said : ‘ Judith has had a worse time than David because all of this is not of her making . |
| 4 | In all election campaigns , incumbent governments are going to be given a harder time than the Opposition . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought she 'd have a rougher time than she did , unlike some team members who were like bulls at a gate . |
| 6 | Flies which have their day length continually varied live a shorter time than those following a more normal routine . |
| 7 | They were n't right for each other and maybe a marriage would last a shorter time than a more informal , less intense liaison ; brief and bitter , both of them on proximity fuses with things coming rapidly to a crunch , rather than something more drawn out , where they might spend long periods apart and so forget how much they hated being together , and enjoy the fleeting , passionate moments of reunion … |
| 8 | ‘ Women have a harder time than men . |
| 9 | The filming in the tropics was ‘ just nerve-racking ’ , prompting Dustin to say that ‘ all pictures are hard work , although some actors have an easier time than others . |